Personalised Medicine with optional placement year
Entry requirements
A level
To include 2 science subjects – 1 from Group A and 1 from Group B Group A: Information Technology, Physics, Maths Group B: Biology, Chemistry, double award Science, double or single award Life and Health Science Provided the subject requirements are met you can substitute a combination of alternative qualifications recognised by the University for one A level Grade B.
Access Course (120 credits) with an overall mark of 65%, to include 65% in two Level 3 modules - 1 from Group A and 1 from Group B: Group A: Information Technology, Physics, Mathematics Group B: Biology, Chemistry Plus NICATs Maths (25 credits) or Maths 1 & 2
GCSE/National 4/National 5
GCSE Profile to include Grade C or 4 or above in English, Maths and Biology or Double Award Science at grade C,C/4,4
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
To include minimum 13 at higher level to include 2 science subjects – 1 from Group A and 1 from Group B Group A: Information Technology, Physics, Maths Group B: Biology, Chemistry, Double Award Science
120 UCAS Tariff Points to include 4 subjects at ILC Higher level and 1 at Ordinary Level. English and Maths at Grade H6 (HL) or Grade O4 also required. Higher levels must include 2 science subjects – 1 from Group A and 1 from Group B: Group A: Information Technology, Physics, Maths Group B: Biology, Chemistry Plus English and Maths Grade H6 or above (HL) or Grade O4 or above (OL) if not sitting at Higher Level.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
BTEC in an appropriate science discipline
Scottish Advanced Higher
To include 2 science subjects – 1 from Group A and 1 from Group B Group A: Information Technology, Physics, Maths Group B: Biology, Chemistry, Double Award Science
Scottish Higher
To include Grade B in 2 science subjects – 1 from Group A and 1 from Group B Group A: Information Technology, Physics, Maths Group B: Biology, Chemistry, Double Award Science
UCAS Tariff
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About this course
Personalised medicine is at the cutting edge of a new era in healthcare.
Our ability to understand how genes, lifestyle and environment can influence disease promises to revolutionise healthcare practices. Personalised medicine relies on the use of biomarkers (such as genes or proteins) to stratify (or organise) patients into groups of individuals who are at risk of developing a disease, or who are likely to respond better to one therapy over other alternatives.
It also focuses on the development of new technologies and systems to predict disease, select the best treatment, and reduce side effects for individual patients. This approach to streamlining healthcare provides more accurate clinical decision making tools to identify ‘the right treatment, for the right person, at the right time.’
To learn more about personalised medicine in practice and how Ulster University is using it to treat rheumatoid arthritis patients, on our website.
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